This is fabulous! I keep putting off learning to knit (though I'd really like to) so now I can do something to hold me over... Of course it's nearly 100 degrees here in NJ right now but that gives me plenty of time to perfect before it's cold enough to rock these. Thanks for the tute!

Thanks for passing this idea on!!! I love your version of it, and the Martha link is quite helpful. I've been wondering what to do with all that yarn in my stash... I'll post a pic when I'm finished!!

UPDATED: Didn't quite turn out as I expected!! I didn't have any super-bulky yarn in my stash, so I doubled up each strand using less-bulky stuff. Still, though, when I tried to make the scarf, it ended up just being flimsy and weird. Bummer!! I ended up tying my knots a little bit tighter and making a narrow band of ... something? If I'd been more patient, I might have made it into a belt. I'm not, though, so I have a ... bracelet. Kind of.

Knot that holds it on

Macro closeup

Not nearly as good as yours... but I guess the moral of the story is that this only works with REALLY bulky yarns!!!

Also, how did you keep the long strands from tangling as you worked it? I ended up rolling the middle 2 up around my hands to make it more manageable, but it didn't work very well.